#a188da

Color #a188da

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 16.83 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#a188da

RGB

rgb(161, 136, 218)

HSL

hsl(258.3, 52.6%, 69.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(258.3, 37.6%, 85.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(26.1%, 37.6%, 0%, 14.5%)

LAB

lab(61.87, 26.65, -38.57)

LCH

lch(61.87, 46.88, 304.64)

OKLCH

oklch(68.2%, 0.1207, 297.12)

HWB

hwb(258.3, 53.3%, 14.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c1da88

Analogous

#8898da

#a188da

#ca88da

Triadic

#a188da

#daa188

#88daa1

Split-complementary

#a188da

#daca88

#98da88

Tetradic

#a188da

#da88c1

#c1da88

#88daa1

Square

#a188da

#da8898

#c1da88

#88daca

Shades

Color #a188da mixed toward black.

#7d5bcc

#5e38b4

#462a87

#2f1c5a

#170e2d

Tints

Color #a188da mixed toward white.

#b19ce0

#c0b0e6

#d0c3ed

#e0d7f3

#efebf9

Tones

Color #a188da mixed toward gray.

#a48fd3

#a696cc

#a99cc5

#aca3bf

#aeaab8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.98:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.05:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.05:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9797ca · ΔE 7.4

Deuteranopia

#989ac6 · ΔE 8.8

Tritanopia

#a0bcb9 · ΔE 26.9

Achromatopsia

#959595 · ΔE 23.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a188da;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a188da]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#a188da (#a188da) is rgb(161, 136, 218) in RGB.

No, #a188da is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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